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Thursday, October 31, 2013

Book Blitz & Giveaway: The Unseen by J.L. Bryan!

I'm so excited to be participating in The Unseen book blitz today! J.L. Bryan is one of my favorite authors and his new book, The Unseen, has recently been released. I'm about halfway through the book now and let me tell you, it's blowing my mind and creeping me out in the most fantastic way! If you enjoy books that are original, creepy and unpredictable, then you will thoroughly enjoy JL's novels.

Below you can find out more about The Unseen--which includes author information, buy links, an excerpt, an EPIC GIVEAWAY, and some advice from JL regarding Demon-Summoning Do's and Don'ts!

Cassidy is a young tattoo artist living in the Little Five Points neighborhood of Atlanta. She’s always suffered terrible nightmares, and sometimes the hideous creatures seem to follow her out of her dreams and into her waking life, though she’s the only one who can see them. Drugs and alcohol can blot them out, but never entirely chase them away.

When a demonic cult begins to take control of the people in her life, including her younger brother, Cassidy discovers that the unseen world of monsters is very real. She can no longer avoid it. To protect those she loves, she must accept her own hidden supernatural talents and face the forces of evil before the sinister cult achieves its twisted goals and casts the world into darkness.

*The Unseen currently has a special release price of 99 cents throughout this week, how cool is that?!

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AUTHOR BIO:

J.L. Bryan studied English literature at the University of Georgia and at Oxford, with a focus on the English Renaissance and the Romantic period. He also studied screenwriting at UCLA. He enjoys remixing elements of paranormal, supernatural, fantasy, horror and science fiction into new kinds of stories.

He is the author of The Paranormals series (starting with Jenny Pox), The Songs of Magic series, Nomad, and other books. He lives in Atlanta with his wife Christina, his son John, and some dogs and cats.

Now I present to you some excellent advice from JL regarding demons! This is a must-read:

Demon-Summoning Do’s and
Don’ts

So you’ve cast a circle and you’re ready
to bring an infernal spirit into your home for a visit. Or are you? Summoning
demons takes care and consideration—it’s nothing to jam in between doing the
dishes and catching the new episode of Walking Dead.These simple tips
will help you put together an exciting evocation, without all the messy
embarrassment of getting your soul ripped from your flesh and
devoured.DO offer a blood sacrifice. Your guest has traveled
across endless darkness from the lower pits of Hell and will be expecting a
snack. Chicken or lizard blood will do nicely for a lesser spirit. For an
archdemon, you’ll want to sacrifice a human being instead—anything less is
considered rude. Virgins are still preferred, but no longer expected by more
modern demons. Finally, an activity you can do with that annoying neighbor
you’ve always wanted to eliminate from the earth!

DON’T call up the wrong kind of
demon. Incubi and succubi will arrive with certain expectations, because these
unholy hornballs only have one thing on their evil minds at all times. If
you’re not ready for a swingers’ sabbat, avoid them. If you do summon them,
you’re going to need a little more protection that the typical enchanted circle
provides—the beasties get around. Also avoid gluttony demons, because these
corpulent creatures not only look like disgusting mountains of flab with
enormous mouths, they’ll also destroy your snack bar and leave an unpleasant
flatulent odor that takes weeks to remove from your carpet.

DO be polite. Powerful demons
resent being summoned by mere mortals, but minding your manners can go a long
way towards creating a more pleasant evening. When you say, “I bind thee and
summon thee, foul Mephistopheles!” and the enraged horned demon appears in a
flash of fire and brimstone, don’t forget to add, “Thank you!”

DON’T expect them to bring wine or a
hot dish. Again, they’ve come a long way and can’t be expected to carry host
gifts up from the abyss. Also, demon food tends to be rotten and
vermin-infested, so how badly did you really want that casserole,
anyway?

DO remember to take pictures!
Remember, the only reason to do anything extraordinary in life is so you can
brag to your friends on Facebook. A picture of you and Beelzebub with his host
of flesh-eating flies will totally shut up that one friend who’s always bragging
about the time she met Colin Farrell on an airplane.

DON’T forget to banish! If you don’t
send that demon right back to Hell when you’re done, it may move onto your couch
and stay there for months. Demons don’t pay rent, they don’t do chores, and
they never, ever give up control of the remote. They will, however, watch home
shopping channels twenty-four hours a day and max out your credit card to
ordering useless knickknacks. They won’t take subtle hints to go home, either,
no matter how many you drop—you have to order them out. Exercise your right to
excorsize!

Following
this list is sure to make your demonic encounter a more successful one! When you summon horrific
spirits from the fiery underworld into your living room, you don’t want it to
ruin the rest of your weekend.

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